Legal Opinion
H. Jane Ping v. National Education Association
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 7, 1989No. 88-2390PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
This case involves the constitutionality of the procedural scheme employed by some Indiana teachers unions to collect fair share fees from their non-union employees. Fair share fees are the fees paid by non-union employees to a union to cover the employees’ pro rata share of the costs of the union’s activities as the exclusive representative of the employees in dealing with management. Because the union may not coerce non-members into supporting political or ideological views with which they may not agree, however, the fair share fee cannot include provision for funds…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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